Garment hanger



Nov. 18, 1930. H. L. STOVER GARMENT HANGER Filed y 5, 1928 INVENTOR. Tux/Er Howard L. 5

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Patented Nov. 18,1930 f f r I l onrrn oLsTAI-ES io F FIjcE-C A Application filed Jul 5, 1928. Serial No -290,587. This invention relates to improvementsiin wardlyand laterally extending supporting clothes hanging apparatus; arm.structure 11- connected therewith for The primary object, of this invention is attachment to the plate 13. r the provision of a clothes hangerof a-novel The improved hanger A is perferably construction, which may have an improved formedof wire, although it may be formed 5 1 detachable and movable connection upon a otherwise if desired. It is preferably made support to be mounted upon a wall, by of aisingle piece of Wire, bent into the form means of which theclothes hangers may be described. j y V compactly arranged-along the wall-accord- In the preferred "construction of the ing to the space desired, and thus taking hanger,,the garment supportingbodyflO is care of garments having'various thicknesses, formed by. doubling the length. of wire, of so that they may be: compactly arranged in which the hangeris formed, intermediate close conformity to each, other, thusronits ends to provide a straight supporting bar serving space. s g 15, with the diagonally converging shoulder 15 A further object of this inventionis the bars 16 and. 17 bent at the ends of the bar 65 provision of an improved clothes hanger, 15, and twistedtogether at 18 at theirproiihaving a conventionalshaped garment supimate ends, abovethe bar 15. 'One end of porting body with improved ineansfor sup the :wire piece of'which the hanger is formed porting the same in an outstandingrelation is continuedupwardly at 20, in a line pre- 20 from a vertical wall or support, 1 ferably at right angles to thesupporting 7c Other objects and advantages. of this inbar l5,'extend ing upwardly a'suflicient disvention will be apparent during the course tancer to permitthehanger body to depend of the following detailed description. for eiiiciently receiving clothes." In the v In the accompanying drawing, forming ordinary instance the upwardly extending a part of this specification, and wherein .pieee 20,which forms part of the armstruc- 75 similar reference characters designate corture11,-is aboutthreeinch'es in length. responding parts throughout the several This end of the piece of material from views, 1 which the hanger is formed is then extended Figure 1 is a perspectiveview showing an horizont lly; l t ll i th l f th improved support mounted upon a wall; hanger bodyi 10, providing an arm proper2l so board, showing the manner in which the imwhich is arrang d at, right angl t th proved hangersiare mounted ina compact piece 20. *"lhejotherend' of the-wire after relation thereon. forming the twist 18 is-extended diagonally Figure '2 isf'a cross sectional view takenupwardto'provide a diagonal brace 23 exat the supporting attachment of the hangar tending from the twistedsection'18to adj alupon-a wall. I 4. a centthefree-end of the arm proper 21, where V Figure?) is a viewof the details illustrated the. wires of} the portions 21' and "are inFigure 2, showing themanner which twisted together at 2 7 I r V the improved hanger maybe assembled or The freeendsof the wlre form ng the hangdetached with respect' to the supporting er, and forming theonter end structure of the to l t or b a r arm'j construction 11,.are then "arranged 111 a V V In the drawing, wherein for thepurpose bifurcated U-shaped' relation in; the same of illustration is shown only a preferred plane asthe hanger body'1Q,-b'ut ata pomt embodiment of the invention, the letter A laterally beyond the adJaCen't end of'th'e 7 may generally designate the improved hangerbody l0, ljhusffronithe tw sted sec- 95 hanger, which is adapted to be -Inoun'ted tion 27 the; w res arebenttupwardly; and upon a novel supporting plate ormemb'er B 'downwardly at3 3' and respectively, and attached to a wall board Cor the like. bent in 'right angled relat onat 37 and 3 8; the a The hanger A 'preferably comprises a portions 37 and 38 being relatively long and c 'garmentisupportingbody 10, having an uplying in} a planefparallelj withlthe hanger 1cc body and being parallel with the arm proper 21 at the same distance from each side of the axis of the arm proper 21.

The wires at the free ends of the portions 37 and 38 are respectively bent upwardly and downwardly at 40 and 41, in the same plane as the ll shaped portion of which the arms 87 and 88 are a part, andatthe free ends of the portions 40 and 41, the supporting plate engaging feet .46 and e7 .are provided, eX- tending in right angled relation to the plane of the U-shaped bifurcated end of'thearm structure 11; said supporting plate-engaging feet l6 and 457 being of. approximately th same length, that is, about one inch in length, and extending parallel to each other, and olfset by the portions 410 and 41 above and below their respective connected arm portio ns37 and 88.

It is thus apparent that the supporting body 10 is provided with a well braced and fixed rigid'laterally extending arm structure 11, thereabove, the parts of which are formed to lie'in the same plane as the garment supporting body 110; the arm structure at the free endsthereof having supporting plate at- .taching feet. p v r The supporting member or plate is an elongated metal strip, consisting of atback body plate 50, having alower flange '51, of a double thickness, bent transverse to theplate body50, at an angle ofslightly'less than 90. An invertedJ-shaped flange 52 is provided alongthe topedge of the platefbody 50, providing a downwardly facing socket 53,- I The body 50 at spaced intervals, isprovided with. openings for receiv ng attaching screws52f,

by means of which the plate B may be japplied to' a wall, or to the supportlngrailfc whichis ordinarily applied'tothe walls within a closet for receiving hooks and like-hangers. 7

As to the application of the improved clothes supporting device A upon the supporting plate'B,tl1 e upper attaching 'foot46' is first-slipped into the downwardly ffacing socket 5 3, andwhen fully shppedupwa'rdly therein the other foot 47 is moved towards the plate B to rest-upon therail 51; Thelatteris tilted upwardly slightly at an angle and 1s resilient ,to a certain extent for holding the feet 46 and 47 of thehanger firmly in place .against verticalmovemjent uponthe supporting rail or. plateB. The mode ofattachment is shown in FigureB, withthe complete attachment as showndn Figure 2. Inthis position of ,parts the armstructure ll of'the hanger A extends transverse from the plate A in a longitudinally slidabl-e relation and de- :tachably connected therewith, Atthelower ends of the outwardly extendingv arm structure 1l, of course, is positionedthe garment ang-e body 10, whichissuppolfted by the arnfstru'cture 11 in a spaced relation from-the ,.such as ladies dresses.

wall, for receiving garments in the usual reconservation in space withina small closet will be -read1ly apparent. A .very desirable feature of the hanger construction is the-fact that the hangers may be moved-towards and away from each other, in parallel planes,

with facility, and the hangers maybe spaced "1 apart to accommodate garments of various thicknesses. within a closet, such asis the case where hangers are adapted to be supported upon vertical walls by-meansoffiXed-hangers or brackets. 1'

' Variouschanges' inthe shape, size, and arrangementof parts'may be made to the form of invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of, the invention or the scope of the claims;

Iclaim: ,7 A a 1. As an article of manufacture a garment hanger supporting rail consisting of an elon, gated supporting-body having a lower substantially right angled transverse flange and an upper socket flange with a socket opening directly facing the lower flange.

2. Inagarment hangingstructure of the Glass described a wall supporting rail having a lower transverseflange and an upper socket flange with a socket facing the lowerfiange, a

garment hanger, an arm connected with the garment hanger extending beyond the garment hangenand an attaching structure on the tree end, of the arm including a transverse :t'oot for slidable reception in the socket of the socket flange and a 'foot for resting on the lower flange. of the said rail when'the other foot is in thesocket-of' said soc'ke't flange- 3. As an article of manufacture a garment a ger Comprising a hanger body, an arm 'rigidlyconnected with and above the han'ger body and extending beyond the hanger body, said arm at the free' 'end thereof having spaced wire portions with offsets above and below the wire portions, said offsets having attaching 'feetiat the free ends thereof trans verse to the plane of thehanger body. lgln a" garment hanging. structure an elongated supporting rail including a body havin a lowertran sverselyextending sup-v portinglflange anfup-war'dly' disposed SOCkBhPIQVICllHg flange having a downwardly OPQJllIlgSOCkGJ facing-the firstmentioned This does away with lost space flange, a hanger body having a laterally extending arm projecting to a point beyond the hanger body, said arm at its free end spaced and disconnected from the hanger body hav ing a pair of spaced 'feet one of which rests on the lower flange and the other of which releasably rests in the socket of the rail.

5. As an article of manufacture a wire garment hanger comprising a single length of wire bent intermediate its ends to provide a conventional coat hanger body which'includes a lower horizontal bar and wire portions extending upwardly from the ends of the horizontal bar which are twisted together substantially centrally above the horizontal bar, the wire from said twisted portions extending upwardly in right angled relation to the horizontal bar and at its upper end being horizontally laterally turned in the plane of the hanger body and extending to a location beyond the end of the hanger body and in the same plane therewith, the wire from said twisted location centrally of the hanger body being also extending diagonally upwardly toward the free end of said arm and being twisted into a right connected bracing relation with the free end of said arm, the

outer ends of said wire being spaced and provided with laterallyjofiset resilient yieldably supported and attaching feet;

HOWARD L. STOVER 

